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Fetal liver development and implications for liver disease pathogenesis
Abstract
The metabolic, digestive and homeostatic roles of the liver are dependent on proper crosstalk and organization of hepatic cell lineages. These hepatic cell lineages are derived from their respective progenitors early in organogenesis in a spatiotemporally controlled manner, contributing to the liver's specialized and diverse microarchitecture. Advances in genomics, lineage tracing and microscopy have led to seminal discoveries in the past decade that have elucidated liver cell lineage hierarchies. In particular, single-cell genomics has enabled researchers to explore diversity within the liver, especially early in development when the application of bulk genomics was previously constrained due to the organ's small scale, resulting in low cell numbers. These discoveries have substantially advanced our understanding of cell differentiation trajectories, cell fate decisions, cell lineage plasticity and the signalling microenvironment underlying the formation of the liver. In addition, they have provided insights into the pathogenesis of liver disease and cancer, in which developmental processes participate in disease emergence and regeneration. Future work will focus on the translation of this knowledge to optimize in vitro models of liver development and fine-tune regenerative medicine strategies to treat liver disease. In this Review, we discuss the emergence of hepatic parenchymal and non-parenchymal cells, advances that have been made in in vitro modelling of liver development and draw parallels between developmental and pathological processes.
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- Authors
- Lotto, J., Stephan, T. L., & Hoodless, P. A.
- Affiliations
- BC Cancer Agency (CA)
- Venue
- Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
- Published
- 2023-05-19
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 561-581
- ISSN
- 1759-5045 (ISSN-L)
- 1759-5053
- OpenAlex
- W4377094439
- Semantic Scholar
- 96833556ed058105f0015c276ab521d92c4bc026
- Cited by
- 47
- References
- 257
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 4
- FWCI
- 2.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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- Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Liver physiology and pathology
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Congenital heart defects research
- Keywords
- fetal liver development, liver organogenesis, liver disease pathogenesis, liver regeneration, single-cell genomics, lineage tracing, cell fate determination, lineage plasticity, hepatic parenchymal cells, non-parenchymal cells, in vitro liver models, liver cancer, regenerative medicine
- MeSH terms
- Cell Differentiation, Humans, Liver, Liver Diseases, Cell Lineage, Hepatocytes
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